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Garba looks really cool. I wonder if it'd be possible to take lessons in it. (Or if it'd be acceptable for a heathen like me to learn it, since it's a religious dance. I'd really rather not clomp all over someone else's culture.)

It'd also be really interesting to develop a DDR-style game along similar lines - something with both a dance pad and dancing sticks. Hmmm.

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Garba looks really cool. I wonder if it'd be possible to take lessons in it. (Or if it'd be acceptable for a heathen like me to learn it, since it's a religious dance. I'd really rather not clomp all over someone else's culture.)

It'd also be really interesting to develop a DDR-style game along similar lines - something with both a dance pad and dancing sticks. Hmmm.

Warning: Uninformed political rambling follows.

I'm starting to think that insecurity is America's new security blanket.

The Cold War provided this country with a very useful environment: One of constant pressure and motivation, fueled by fear and the existence of a clearly-defined enemy. Now that the Cold War is gone, we find that environment missing, and so now people are driven to recreate that familiar, comfortable environment for themselves on a personal level. The government's pushing its own thing - the War on Terror - but that isn't enough for most people. So we see fundamentalists speaking of a war against Christianity, of persecution. And we see consumers flocking to shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica which depict bleak, life-or-death struggles.

Something tells me that this new, fractured battlefield of a thousand enemies isn't nearly as helpful to America as the battlefield which preceded it. My sincere hope is that people will soon tire of the mock fight, put down their weapons, and go home. But I have no idea whether or not that's actually going to happen any time soon.

Warning: Uninformed political rambling follows.

I'm starting to think that insecurity is America's new security blanket.

The Cold War provided this country with a very useful environment: One of constant pressure and motivation, fueled by fear and the existence of a clearly-defined enemy. Now that the Cold War is gone, we find that environment missing, and so now people are driven to recreate that familiar, comfortable environment for themselves on a personal level. The government's pushing its own thing - the War on Terror - but that isn't enough for most people. So we see fundamentalists speaking of a war against Christianity, of persecution. And we see consumers flocking to shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica which depict bleak, life-or-death struggles.

Something tells me that this new, fractured battlefield of a thousand enemies isn't nearly as helpful to America as the battlefield which preceded it. My sincere hope is that people will soon tire of the mock fight, put down their weapons, and go home. But I have no idea whether or not that's actually going to happen any time soon.